Action of 4 March 1660

The Action of 4 March 1660 occurred when the English privateer Jack Summer seized the Spanish sloop Deseo de Corazon off the coast of Nevis.

Summer learned of the Deseo de Corazon from barmaid Ellen Blekman, who told him that it was carrying a skilled cook to Nevis. Summer and his sloop Revenge attacked the ship as it neared the harbor of Nevis, and the privateers succeeded in pounding the Deseo before boarding it. Its captain, Suero de Vire, was killed in a duel with Summer, and Summer succeeded in recruiting the captured cook into his crew. The capture of the Deseo de Corazon was Summer's first action against Spain, and this victory pleased Nevis governor Charles Pender, who promoted Summer to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.